Binod Kumar Singh v. Pratap Ranjan
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, C.Misc. No. 860 of 2025, decided 11-12-2025 by S. B. Pd. Singh, J. Challenge to order of Civil Judge-I, Buxar in Execution Case No. 57 of 1981 rejecting petitioner's plea for dismissal of execution proceedings after death of judgment debtor no. 2 on 04.09.2020 without substitution of legal representatives, and allowing respondent's substitution petition dated 17.02.2025. Court upheld trial court's order passed in view of Order XXII Rule 12; application dismissed. Keywords: execution proceedings, death of judgment debtor, substitution of legal representative, abatement, Order XXII Rule 12, dismissal of civil miscellaneous application.
What did the court decide?
The learned Trial Court passed the impugned order in view of Order XXII Rule 12, and there is no merit in the present Civil Miscellaneous application. ¶12